Joe Caldwell

SF · SSL

Seasons 1964-65–1974-75 · 11 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1941

4× All-Star2× All-Defense

Player info

16.1 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 3.4 APG · 782 games · .466 FG% · .225 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1964-65	DET	23	66	23.4	.374	—	.614	6.7	1.8	—	—	10.7	13.0	.408
1965-66	2TM	24	79	23.5	.438	—	.705	5.5	1.6	—	—	12.7	15.3	.477
	DET	24	33	21.7	.423	—	.682	5.8	2.0	—	—	10.5	15.3	.459
	STL	24	46	24.8	.447	—	.717	5.3	1.3	—	—	14.2	15.3	.487
1966-67	STL	25	81	27.9	.426	—	.649	5.5	2.0	—	—	13.8	13.2	.461
1967-68	STL	26	79	33.4	.463	—	.569	4.3	3.0	—	—	16.4	13.2	.480
1968-69	ATL	27	81	33.6	.507	—	.537	3.7	4.0	—	—	15.8	14.5	.518
1969-70	ATL	28	82	34.8	.507	—	.688	5.0	3.5	—	—	21.1	17.3	.549
1970-71	CAR	29	72	41.8	.448	.200	.558	6.8	4.2	—	—	23.3	15.0	.475
1971-72	CAR	30	61	35.2	.471	.250	.500	5.6	4.2	—	—	16.9	13.9	.486
1972-73	CAR	31	77	35.6	.496	.167	.425	5.1	4.6	2.2	—	16.7	15.3	.495
1973-74	CAR	32	79	33.6	.489	.176	.496	5.2	4.4	2.2	0.4	14.4	14.9	.498
1974-75	SSL	33	25	33.6	.494	.429	.448	4.4	5.1	2.0	0.4	14.6	14.1	.500

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	DET	66	—	1,543	290	776	.374	—	—	129	210	441	118	—	—	—	709
1965-66	2TM	79	—	1,857	411	938	.438	—	—	179	254	436	126	—	—	—	1,001
	DET	33	—	716	143	338	.423	—	—	60	88	190	65	—	—	—	346
	STL	46	—	1,141	268	600	.447	—	—	119	166	246	61	—	—	—	655
1966-67	STL	81	—	2,256	458	1,076	.426	—	—	200	308	442	166	—	—	—	1,116
1967-68	STL	79	—	2,641	564	1,219	.463	—	—	165	290	338	240	—	—	—	1,293
1968-69	ATL	81	—	2,720	561	1,106	.507	—	—	159	296	303	320	—	—	—	1,281
1969-70	ATL	82	—	2,857	674	1,329	.507	—	—	379	551	407	287	—	—	—	1,727
1970-71	CAR	72	—	3,008	685	1,528	.448	6	30	302	541	489	301	—	—	249	1,678
1971-72	CAR	61	—	2,145	434	922	.471	5	20	159	318	343	259	—	—	164	1,032
1972-73	CAR	77	—	2,739	555	1,118	.496	1	6	172	405	395	352	166	—	246	1,283
1973-74	CAR	79	—	2,654	502	1,027	.489	3	17	128	258	412	350	170	35	242	1,135
1974-75	SSL	25	—	841	161	326	.494	3	7	39	87	111	128	49	10	74	364
Career		782	—	—	5,295	11,365	.466	18	80	2011	3518	4117	2647	385	45	975	12,619

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1964-65	DET	66	23.4	6.8	18.1	.374	—	—	3.0	4.9	10.3	2.8	—	—	—	16.5
1965-66	2TM	79	23.5	8.0	18.2	.438	—	—	3.5	4.9	8.5	2.4	—	—	—	19.4
	DET	33	21.7	7.2	17.0	.423	—	—	3.0	4.4	9.6	3.3	—	—	—	17.4
	STL	46	24.8	8.5	18.9	.447	—	—	3.8	5.2	7.8	1.9	—	—	—	20.7
1966-67	STL	81	27.9	7.3	17.2	.426	—	—	3.2	4.9	7.1	2.6	—	—	—	17.8
1967-68	STL	79	33.4	7.7	16.6	.463	—	—	2.2	4.0	4.6	3.3	—	—	—	17.6
1968-69	ATL	81	33.6	7.4	14.6	.507	—	—	2.1	3.9	4.0	4.2	—	—	—	17.0
1969-70	ATL	82	34.8	8.5	16.7	.507	—	—	4.8	6.9	5.1	3.6	—	—	—	21.8
1970-71	CAR	72	41.8	8.2	18.3	.448	0.1	0.4	3.6	6.5	5.9	3.6	—	—	3.0	20.1
1971-72	CAR	61	35.2	7.3	15.5	.471	0.1	0.3	2.7	5.3	5.8	4.3	—	—	2.8	17.3
1972-73	CAR	77	35.6	7.3	14.7	.496	0.0	0.1	2.3	5.3	5.2	4.6	2.2	—	3.2	16.9
1973-74	CAR	79	33.6	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.2	1.7	3.5	5.6	4.7	2.3	0.5	3.3	15.4
1974-75	SSL	25	33.6	6.9	14.0	.494	0.1	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.8	5.5	2.1	0.4	3.2	15.6

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1964-65	DET	66	1,543	13.0	.408	—	-1.6	1.9	0.3	.008	—	—	—	—
1965-66	2TM	79	1,857	15.3	.477	—	1.6	1.8	3.3	.087	—	—	—	—
	DET	33	716	15.3	.459	—	0.2	0.9	1.1	.077	—	—	—	—
	STL	46	1,141	15.3	.487	—	1.4	0.9	2.2	.093	—	—	—	—
1966-67	STL	81	2,256	13.2	.461	—	0.4	1.6	2.0	.043	—	—	—	—
1967-68	STL	79	2,641	13.2	.480	—	1.6	2.2	3.7	.068	—	—	—	—
1968-69	ATL	81	2,720	14.5	.518	—	4.7	2.0	6.7	.118	—	—	—	—
1969-70	ATL	82	2,857	17.3	.549	—	6.6	1.3	7.9	.132	—	—	—	—
1970-71	CAR	72	3,008	15.0	.475	24.3	0.2	2.0	2.3	.036	—	—	—	—
1971-72	CAR	61	2,145	13.9	.486	21.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	.057	—	—	—	—
1972-73	CAR	77	2,739	15.3	.495	21.2	0.7	2.9	3.7	.064	—	—	—	—
1973-74	CAR	79	2,654	14.9	.498	20.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	.079	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+2.1
1974-75	SSL	25	841	14.1	.500	19.8	0.4	0.7	1.1	.061	-0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4
Career		782	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.9	—	—	—	—	+2.5

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1965-66	10	31.5	18.7	5.5	1.6	.462	—	.491
1966-67	9	24.1	12.2	4.3	1.4	.400	—	.450
1967-68	6	24.7	5.3	3.5	2.5	.326	—	.304
1968-69	11	22.6	14.7	5.0	3.4	.485	—	.493
1969-70	9	43.7	25.0	5.0	4.2	.470	—	.501
Career	45	29.4	15.9	4.8	2.6	.449	—	.475

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	231	15.5	4.4	2.6	160–71
Away	237	15.0	4.6	2.3	86–151
In wins	246	16.2	4.5	2.7	246–0
In losses	222	14.2	4.4	2.1	0–222

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	12	12.4	6.0	2.2	3–9
BOS Boston Celtics	46	15.6	4.1	1.9	19–27
CHI Chicago Bulls	31	14.2	4.3	2.5	23–8
DET Detroit Pistons	34	15.0	4.3	2.0	24–10
GSW Golden State Warriors	49	14.1	5.2	2.5	28–21
HOU Houston Rockets	20	18.1	3.7	3.4	13–7
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	45	14.9	3.9	2.2	18–27
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	12	18.2	3.4	4.2	7–5
NYK New York Knicks	45	14.9	4.0	2.2	25–20
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	49	15.8	5.9	2.9	16–33
PHX Phoenix Suns	11	19.1	4.2	3.0	7–4

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Joe Caldwell has averaged 16.1 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 3.4 APG over 11 seasons (1964-65–1974-75).

Joe Caldwell is 6-5 (195 lb).

Joe Caldwell was drafted in 1964, round 1, pick 2, by the Detroit Pistons.